Emotions Peg Board Challenge Cards

These Emotions Peg Board Challenge Cards are designed for use with a 10 x 10 peg board grid. Children place pegs into the board to recreate a range of facial expressions, helping to develop fine motor skills whilst exploring different emotions and feelings.

The set includes 8 emotion-themed challenges:

• Happy Face
• Sad Face
• Excited Face
• Angry Face
• Shocked Face
• Confused Face
• Disgusted Face
• Crying Face
  Perfect for EYFS, Nursery, Preschool, Reception, Kindergarten, Year 1 and SEND provision, these cards can be used during continuous provision, fine motor interventions, independent activities, wellbeing sessions or PSHE learning.

Skills Developed

• Fine motor skills
• Pincer grip
• Hand-eye coordination
• Finger strength
• Visual perception
• Spatial awareness
• Pattern recognition
• Concentration and perseverance
• Emotion recognition
• Emotional literacy

Themes

• Emotions
• Feelings
• Wellbeing

Simply print and place alongside a 10 x 10 peg board for an engaging fine motor activity that children can complete independently or with adult support.

Ideal for PSHE lessons, wellbeing activities, feelings check-ins, emotion interventions, fine motor areas, busy bins, continuous provision and SEND support. Whether children are building a happy face or working out why a face looks confused, they’ll be developing key fine motor skills whilst learning more about emotions.